Eli_6

So, my Princess world cruise "segment" that was supposed to go from Australia to Asia to Middle East to Europe was re-routed so that it is now a 41-day cruise with 31 sea days with no stops in Asia or Middle East. Further, I have been to 1/3 of the ports it goes to already and have no interest in a couple of the others. I am canceling it and started looking for a substitute. There are not very many summer cruises to Asia other than just the ones that go around Japan. However, I found the Carnival Splendor going from Australia to Singapore July 21 to August 5th. It is less than 3 months away but was able to find 2 reward Biz tickets to Australia and 2 more reward biz from Singapore back to Houston. Husband can't go on short notice and my younger son said he didn't want to go. Older son is all in, though, and super excited. So, it will be and my 11-year-old going around the world...literally. Will anyone else be on this cruise: Sydney to Singapore July 21 to August 5? Anything I should know? Any tips on traveling in this part of the world?

un 04 Transfer: Airport To Ship Sydney Jun 04 Sydney 6:45PM Jun 05 At Sea Jun 06 At Sea Jun 07 Adelaide 8:00AM 5:00PM Jun 08 At Sea Jun 09 At Sea Jun 10 At Sea Jun 11 Perth (Fremantle) 8:00AM 5:00PM Jun 12 At Sea Jun 13 At Sea Jun 14 At Sea Jun 15 At Sea Jun 16 At Sea Jun 17 At Sea Jun 18 At Sea Jun 19 Mauritius 8:00AM 5:00PM Jun 20 At Sea Jun 21 At Sea Jun 22 At Sea Jun 23 At Sea Jun 24 At Sea Jun 26 Cape Town 6:00PM Jun 27 At Sea Jun 28 Walvis Bay 9:00AM 6:00PM Jun 29 At Sea Jun 30 At Sea Jul 01 At Sea Jul 02 At Sea Jul 03 At Sea Jul 04 At Sea Jul 05 At Sea Jul 06 Cape Verde Islands ( 9:00AM 6:00PM Jul 07 At Sea Jul 08 At Sea Jul 09 Gran Canaria (Las Pa 7:00AM 4:00PM Jul 10 At Sea Jul 11 Casablanca 7:00AM 8:00PM Jul 12 Gibraltar 9:00AM 6:00PM Jul 13 At Sea Jul 14 Valencia 8:00AM 5:00PM Jul 15 Barcelona 8:00AM Jul 15 Transfer: Ship To Airport Barcelona

I got the email regarding the actual schedule for the re-routing. It is ~30 sea days and 8-10 ports...many of which I have no desire to go to or have already been to. Not even slightly recognizable as the same initial itinerary that went to Asia and Middle East and many bucket list destinations. Not even ending at the same place Not stopping at even one single port in Asia or Middle East. I will be cancelling.

Thank you for answering my question. I was supposed to be on the 36-day leg/legs from Sydney to Rome through the Suez Canal. I am hoping they re-book us on the South Africa to either the Med or Dover if the route for 2025 is the same as 2024 rather than the 19-day Australia to South Africa that only stops a couple of places in Australia.

This is the Princess board. I am talking about the Princess world cruises. The original itinerary for *all* of the Princess world cruises go through the Suez Canal. I am on the summer 2025 Crown Princess sailing from Sydney.

It said that by the end of April they would let us know, but that they weren't going through the Suez Canal. Let me see if I can attach a copy here.

I got a letter re my summer 2025 w.c. being re-routed. We are on the segment that was supposed to go from Australia to Rome through the Suez Canal. For those of you who were booked on this segment for the 2024 cruise, did you get re-booked for the 19-day segment from Australia to South Africa or the 37-day segment from South Africa to London? I am hoping I get rebooked for the SA to London because I don't care about floating around in the Indian Ocean for 2+ weeks.

I was looking at the cruise when panorama leaves dry dock in Singapore and there don't appear to be any Havana rooms available for booking. I looked at it when it first came out and there weren't any either. I do not believe given the open availability otherwise of this cruise that the Havana rooms are all booked up. Are they not going to have the Havana rooms after dry dock?

Is there a way to pay for princess excursions with a princess gift card? On the website, it appears to only allow me to either pay with a credit card or paypal.

If this is still going on in summer 2025, we will be canceling. I am not flying from Texas to Sydney, Australia and spending all but 3 or 4 of our 36 days at sea.

It goes Sydney, Brisbane, Airlie Beach, Bali, Singapore, Phuket, Sri. Lanka, Salalah, Aqaba (Jordan), Suez Canal, Israel (obviously not going), Crete, Naples, and Rome. So do you think they would head down to the Africa after Sri Lanka? I am anxious to hear what the route will be as I am on this 36-day leg next year (2025). I am starting to wonder if I should plan an alternative trip. They have some nice ones on Oceania and Azamara that just stick to East Asia. I did Princess because of my kids and wanting to see the middle east, but that's more and more sounding like it will be out.

So, what ports are they skipping to make up for the extra time it is taking to sail around Africa?

Any updates? I guess Poesia is going around Africa.

Carnival has no claim against he OP or the original fraudster because they knew about the claim and sat on it and did nothing. Tolling of a statute of limitations would not enter into the scenario you are painting. Carnival knew about the charge back so the SOL would not be tolled. Tolling would have only come into play if Carnival had just found out about the fraud. For example, if someone buys a house with a defect that the prior owner purposefully covers up then the SOL would be "tolled" until the buyer discovered the hidden defect and THEN it would start to run. Carnival knew about this situation all along so none of their claims would be tolled. OP could bring a claim against them for holding on to his deposit because that is a new claim. The only place "tolling" would enter into the discussion is if OP wanted to pursue the original fraudster agent because OP knew absolutely nothing about the original fraud. Since he can't even find him, that's a non-issue. OP has a right to his deposit back because Carnival no longer has any claim against anyone regarding the money from 7 years ago. Not even thefraudfeasor. Even if the OP was the actual fraudfeasor, Carnival STILL couldn't keep his deposit for a different cruise at this point. Their claim from seven years ago doesn't exist anymore. At this point, I have to bow out of this discussion. I try to make it a point not to argue with non-lawyers about the law because I have already spent enough of my life arguing with lawyers about the law. OP: I wish you the best of luck. Get your ducks in a row with your paperwork (as much as you still have) and then create an outline or letter detailing the rest. (I personally would present it in a signed, sworn and notarized affidavit to show you are telling the truth. The IRS accepts this as proof so Carnival can as well.) Present it to guest care or one of John Heald's helpers and hopefully that will be enough to get you off the "no sail" list. At a minimum, it should at least get you your deposit back.

Also, I hate when someone is bamboozled by a fraudster and everyone blames the victim or says "Well, I wouldn't have used Zelle" or "this and that should have been a red flag." Come on. Most people don't go around living their lives like that. People who run these sorts of criminal enterprises set them up to fool even the most discerning customer. They have websites, store fronts, referrals, the proper business affiliations (usually fake), the proper licensing (also usually fake), the proper insurance papers (they pay for it than drop it), etc. How do you think Madoff and R. Allan Stanford bamboozled people out of billions? I worked on the civil side of the Stanford case and some of my clients were people who highly successful businesses worth tens of millions who were fooled by him. Yes, I know a travel agent isn't on his level but when someone comes as a referral and looks legitimate with a legit page, 98 percent of people wouldn't look further than that. Heck, it may even be that the business started out as a legitimate business and then that particular agent started doing this to make extra money. So, OP's friend could have had a good experience.